PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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terior one encircles the apex of the cell. similar to the <$, paler and somewhat broader-winged. The yel¬ 
lowish egg is laid singly on the leaves and shoots of the food-plants. The young larva is black or dark green, 
with numerous spines, of which those on the metathorax are long and bristly; when full-grown green, beneath 
lighter, with a pair of short spines on each of the 8 thoracic segments and on the last segment; on the meta¬ 
thorax a yellow transverse band and from the metathorax to the anal segment a yellowish stripe above the 
legs; on Machilus odoratissima, Geijera salicifolia, Litsaea, Alseodaphne, etc., and especially Camphora offi¬ 
cinalis, where this tree has been imported. Pupa green, the thoracic horn slenderer, more pointed and 
straighter than in the allied species, the lateral ridges extending downwards from the horn straight, between 
this carina and the frontal one a very slight, somewhat curved vertical ridge. The butterfly everywhere in 
wooded districts, very common both in gardens and woods; it flies about the tops of trees with great rapidity, 
and the $<$ are found in 1/irge numbers on wet places on the roads and on sandy river-banks. In the moun¬ 
tains it ascends to about 7000 ft., but is commonest in the lower hills. From China and South Japan to the 
Solomon Islands in numerous geographical forms. Much less common in the east of its range than in the west. 
In the northern districts distinctly horodimorphic; the band broader in the spring than in the summer spe¬ 
cimens. — In tlipponus Fruhst. (= morius Fruhst.) (vol. I. 8 c, described as sarpedon), from Japan and the Loo nipponus. 
Choo Islands, almost all the veins crossing the band are black above and beneath; the under surface of the fore¬ 
wing posteriorly with distinct grey submarginal line, which is not rarely present also above. In the spring 
specimens: f. vern. sarpedonides Fruhst., the band of the forewing is almost as broad posteriorly as the black '> xidet^°' 
distal margin, whilst in the summer specimens, f. aest. nipponus Fruhst., it is narrower. — connectens Fruhst. conneclens. 
flies on Formosa; the two last spots of the band of the forewing are distinctly narrower than the preceding spot 
(which however is sometimes also the case in specimens from Okinawa) and the band of the hindwing is strongly 
narrowed. — semifasciatus Hour., from South-East, Central and West China, has three forms: a broad-banded 
spring form, a narrow-banded summer form and a second summer form with the band of the hindwing more 
or less obsolete. The two summer forms fly at the same time and are connected by transitions. — sarpedon L. sarpedon. 
(= demophon Meerb. nec Linne, demophoon Shaw, luctatius Fruhst., pagus Fruhst., colus Fruhst.) (44 d), dis¬ 
tributed from Hainan, Tonkin and North India to the Philippines and Lombok. In the broad-banded spe¬ 
cimens the median and submedian veins are more or less white inside the band of the forewing. In the summer 
specimens of the northern districts, f. aest. melas Fruhst. (= demophoon Shaw ) the band is narrower and the melas. 
veins are black. —- From the Andamans and Nicobars sarpedon is not known. —- teredon Fldr. (45 a) is dis- leredon. 
tinguished particularly in that the band of the forewing is anteriorly yellowish green and posteriorly bluish green 
and the hindwing is much more strongly dentate at the 3 rd radial than in the preceding forms. South India and 
Ceylon. Specimens in which the 1 st spot in the band of the forewing is absent are ab. thermodusa Swinh. — thermodusa. 
rufofervidus Fruhst., from Nias, has larger red spots on the under surface of the hindwing than sarpedon. — rufofervidus. 
rufocellularis Fruhst., from Bawean, has a very narrow median band, the spots of which are all separated; the 
red spot at the apex of the cell of the hindwing beneath unusually large, the posterior red spots on the other 
hand small. Not known to me in nature. — adonarensis Bothsch. The band of the forewing posteriorly broader adonarensis. 
than the black distal margin, the anterior spots larger than in the preceding races; especially the 2 nd and 3 rd 
spots, the hindwing quite as strongly produced as in teredon. Sumbawa, Flores, Adonara. — jugans Bothsch. jugans. 
Small; the band of the forewing as in adonarensis, but not quite so broad posteriorly; hindwing as in sarpedon, 
the first (white) submarginal spot well developed. Sumba. — timorensis Bothsch. Very similar to adona- timorensis. 
rensis, the 3 rd spot in the band of the forewing nearer to the cell, and the hindwing even somewhat narrower. Timor, 
Wetter. These forms from the small Sunda Islands further differ from one another and from sarp. sarpedon 
in the genitalia. — From Timorlaut and the islands between Timor and Timorlaut P. sarpedon is not yet known. 
— - choredon Fldr. (= parsedon Westw.) (45 a). Similar to broad-banded specimens of sarp. sarpedon, the choredon. 
forewing broader, the submarginal spots of the hindwing larger. New South Wales and Queensland. — mes- messogis. 
sogis Fruhst. (= ten^nus Fruhst., corycus Fruhst.). Not sharply distinguished from choredon; the band of the 
forewing mostly somewhat narrower and the submarginal spots of the hindwing smaller. Distinguishable from 
sarp. sarpedon, apart from the genitalia, by the more uniformly blue-green band and by the submarginal spots 
of the hindwing being more distinct beneath. Key, Aru, New Guinea and the neighbouring islands (Waigeu, 
D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Woodlark, Louisiades, etc.); very common. — imparilis Bothsch. Upper surface imparilis. 
deeper black than in the preceding forms, the under surface likewise darker, especially the disc of the hindwing, 
the red spots larger than in choredon and messogis. Bismarck Islands: New Pomerania, New Lauenburg, 
New Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Nusa. Many specimens have a 2 nd spot before the subcostal fork, others bear 
a spot in the cell; it is noteworthy that the spots are not present in any of the 6 $$ before me. •—- impar impar. 
Bothsch. is nearer to the following than to the preceding subspecies. The 1 st spot in the band of the forewing 
is short, transverse, not oblong, before the subcostal in both sexes there is always a 2 nd spot, which is com¬ 
monly as large as the 2 nd spot of the band; the submarginal spots of the hindwing larger on both surfaces than 
in imparilis, also the red spots, especially the subbasal line and the spot at the apex of the cell, are large. New' 
Georgia and the neighbouring islands: Kulambangra, Guizo, Vella Lavella, Rendova. -— isander Godm. <& Salv. isander. 
(44 d) resembles impar, but bears on the forewing above and beneath a row of submarginal spots; the last 
of these spots is above only indicated and commonly the two preceding ones also are not developed. Boug- 
